INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A memory for storing data for access by an application program being executed on a data processing system, comprising:
- a data structure sorted in said memory for facilitating managing resource allocations within an intellectual property portfolio, said data structure comprising;
a first field including actual resource usage for an intellectual property activity by technical attributes over a first time period;
a second field including actual resource usage for the intellectual property activity by technical attributes over a second time period, wherein the second time period is longer than the first time period; and
wherein comparison of information within the first field and the second field facilitates managing resource allocations for the intellectual property activity within the intellectual property portfolio.
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Abstract
An intellectual property management facility for proactively creating, developing and managing an intellectual property portfolio includes: determining available resource capacity for an intellectual property activity in a tracking system; assigning technical attributes to the activity in the tracking system; apportioning resource capacity for the activity by technical attribute based on the value assigned to each of the technical attributes and based on available resource capacity; obtaining actual resource usage by technical attribute from the tracking system; and managing resource allocation for the intellectual property activity by determining the difference between the actual resource usage and the resource allocation by technical attribute.
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1. A memory for storing data for access by an application program being executed on a data processing system, comprising:
a data structure sorted in said memory for facilitating managing resource allocations within an intellectual property portfolio, said data structure comprising;
a first field including actual resource usage for an intellectual property activity by technical attributes over a first time period;
a second field including actual resource usage for the intellectual property activity by technical attributes over a second time period, wherein the second time period is longer than the first time period; and
wherein comparison of information within the first field and the second field facilitates managing resource allocations for the intellectual property activity within the intellectual property portfolio. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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